Deciding whether to implement and strengthen a reproductive health program—or scale up a pilot-tested intervention—depends largely on evidence about whether the program is achieving its service-delivery objectives. This evidence can be generated through monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems that routinely monitor delivery of services and evaluate a program’s effectiveness in reaching its intended beneficiaries.
Population Council focus
The Council designs and implements M&E systems that generate data for:
- monitoring a range of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS service-delivery programs; and
- evaluating program effectiveness and impact through experimental research designs.
Population Council impact
- In Senegal, the Population Council designed and is implementing the M&E component for a large-scale maternal, newborn/child health and family planning project. A particular innovation has been the revision of the national health management information system, enabling it to record active management of the third stage of labor by community-level delivery attendants.
- In Ghana, the Council is assisting the National Malaria Control Program in establishing an M&E plan that harmonizes and links the various sources of data at all levels of the USAID-funded integrated malaria support project.
- In Pakistan, the Council supports the M&E strengthening component of the Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN), a nationwide systems-strengthening program aimed at improving maternal and newborn health.
- In Vietnam, the Council’s partnership with the Thai Nguyen Provincial Health Service integrates many data sources into routine health management information systems to yield better-quality information for program planning.
Projects
Quality of Care and Client Willingness to Pay for Family Planning Services at Marie Stopes International Facilities in Burkina Faso (more)
The Council worked with Marie Stopes International to improve the family planning services MSI provides, and to propose strategies to ensure the sustainability of the program.
(11/2011 - 4/2012)
Burkina Faso
Increasing Access to Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services through Community Health Workers: Case Study of a Dual-cadre Model in India (more)
The Council conducted research on community health workers in India to examine how different cadres of health workers function in relation to one other in order to improve access to reproductive health and family planning services in rural areas.
(10/2010 - 9/2011)
India
Evaluation of Services for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, People Living with HIV/AIDS and Youth in Zambia (RAPIDS) (more)
The Council evaluated the RAPIDS program, which offers a holistic package of care and support services aimed at improving the quality of life of people who are living with HIV, children living within their households, and youth within their communities.
(8/2004 - 8/2010)
Zambia
Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN) (more)
The Council is overseeing the management of the monitoring and evaluation component of the Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN) a five-year project designed to assist the Government of Pakistan in implementing the full spectrum of interventions necessary to address mother and newborn health.
(11/2004 - 9/2009)
Pakistan
Measuring and Evaluating the Integration of Family Planning and Other Reproductive Health Services Through Innovative Data Collection Instruments and Methodologies (more)
Researchers with the Council’s FRONTIERS program examined the challenges of scaling up projects using operations research.
(8/2007 - 3/2008)
Interregional
Evaluating Services for Women Who Tested HIV-positive During the Phase 3 Trial (more)
Council researchers evaluated the referrals for care and support provided to women who tested positive for HIV during the Council’s Phase 3 trial of Carraguard.
(4/2006 - 6/2007)
South Africa
Assessing Management Sciences for Health's Postabortion Care Decentralization Program (more)
Council researchers with the FRONTIERS program assessed the successful introduction of postabortion care in Senegal by the Ministry of Health.
(9/2006 - 1/2007)
Senegal
Resources
Assessment of management information system [MIS] of national program for family planning and primary health care [LHW Program] (PDF)
Mahmood,Arshad; Naz,Syeda Saman
Publication date: 2012
Blood supply and transfusion services (PDF)
Bhuiya,Ismat; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail; Chowdhury,Asiful Haider; Zahiduzzaman,K.M.; Tonima Hadi,Syeda; Islam,Khairul; Bhuiya,Abbas
from Bangladesh Health Watch Report 2009: How Healthy is Health Sector Governance, pp. 45-49
Publication date: 2010
Monitoring and Evaluation of the Emergency Plan Progress (MEEPP): End-of-project evaluation (PDF)
Kalibala,Sam
Publication date: 2010
RAPIDS evaluation final report 2005-2009 key findings (PDF)
Apicella,Louis; Schenk,Katie D.; Khan,Hena
Publication date: 2010
An executive summary of the primary health improvement initiative health systems assessment at commune level: Lessons from five provinces in Vietnam, 2004-2008
Population Council Viet Nam (PCVN) Brief
Publication date: 2009
Technical assistance to the Uganda AIDS Commission for operationallisation of the performance monitoring and management plan (PDF)
Makumbi,Frederick; Mayega,Roy; Kisitu,David; Sekandi,Juliet; Bwesigye,Denis A.; Miller,Robert; Kalibala,Sam
Publication date: 2009
Developing comprehensive and evidence-based policy and guidelines for antenatal and postnatal care in KwaZulu-Natal (PDF)
Ditlopo,Prudence; Menziwa,Mantshi; Mullick,Saiqa; RamaRao,Saumya; Dalton,Janet; Nyasulu,Dolly; Beksinska,Mags; Kunene,Busi
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Knowledge, practice, and coverage (KPC) survey: Baseline report, Bagh District (PDF)
Afridi,Munir; Naz,Saman; Munir,Nayyer
Publication date: 2007
Knowledge, practice, and coverage (KPC) survey: Baseline report, Mansehra District (PDF)
Afridi,Munir; Naz,Saman; Munir,Nayyer
Publication date: 2007
The Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative for scaling up service delivery innovation (abstract)
Nyonator,Frank K.; Awoonor-Williams,John Koku; Phillips,James F.; Jones,Tanya C.; Miller,Robert A.
Health Policy and Planning 20(1): 25-34
Publication date: 2005
Computer Based Tools to Improve Supervision, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Reproductive Health Programs
Publication date: 2000
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